FULL BBC CARDIFF SINGER OF THE WORLD Main Prize FINAL Cardiff 2023
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: BBC CARDIFF SINGER OF THE WORLD Main Prize FINAL
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: St.David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK
- Recorded: June 18, 2023
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Adolfo Corrado, Beth Taylor, Jessica Robinson, Nombulelo Yende, Siphokazi Molteno
- Conductor: Ryan Bancroft, Michael Christie
- Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: BBC
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: BBC FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
SCOTLAND
Beth TAYLOR Mezzo Age 29
Conductor: Ryan Bancroft
Va tacito e nascosto Giulio Cesare Handel
O schöne Jugendtage Der Evangelimann Kienzl
Le spectre de la rose Les nuits d‘été Berlioz
SOUTH AFRICA Nombulelo Yende Soprano Age 31
Conductor: Michael Christie
Oh! Our baby is dying… Oh, my little one Halka Moniuszko
Tatyana’s letter scene Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky
ITALY
Adolfo CORRADO Bass Age 29
Conductor: Ryan Bancroft
Non più andrai Le nozze di Figaro Mozart
La calunnia Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini
Vergini… Hai tu creduto… O Speranza I Lombardi alla prima crociata Verdi
WALES
Jessica ROBINSON Soprano Age 32
Conductor: Ryan Bancroft
Tornami a vagheggiar Alcina Handel
Chacun le sait La fille du régiment Donizetti
Vocalise Op 34 No 14 Rachmaninov
Il bacio Arditi
SOUTH AFRICA
Siphokazi MOLTENO Mezzo Age 31
Conductor: Michael Christie
Qui m’aurait dit la place Werther Massenet
Wie du warst! Der Rosenkavalier R Strauss
Una voce poco fa Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini
Siphokazi Molteno was the outstanding singer in the competition and without doubt outperformed the others in the finals. She is beautiful, a fine actress, her voice warm, rich and with an astonishing range. She can be both intense and tragic, and, as she proved in her Rosina aria, comic, with stunningly good coloratura. The audience in the hall gave her thunderous acclaim, which was thoroughly deserved. What possessed such illustrious judges to award the prize to the wrong singer? – one who has a lovely baritone voice, but sings the bass repertoire when he lacks convincing low notes, sang throughout almost exclusively in Italian, and although personable, engaging and good looking, has a long way to go yet before he is the stellar artist that Molteno already is. Shame on them! But she will have a great career despite their gigantic misjudgement.